scholarly journals CASE ROUNDS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PATIENT QUALITY AND SAFETY INITIATIVE

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. S368-S369
Author(s):  
B. Gregorio ◽  
M. Beardsall ◽  
L. Gallagher ◽  
M. McNamara ◽  
B. Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Safety Initiative

Nurse-Led Anemia Clinic in Pre-Dialysis Patients: Quality and Safety Initiative

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. CO3
Author(s):  
S. Mersch ◽  
D. Danino ◽  
R. Brothers ◽  
C.V. Thakar
Keyword(s):  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Safety Initiative

scholarly journals A Perinatal Care Quality and Safety Initiative: Are There Financial Rewards for Improved Quality?

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 339-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katy B. Kozhimannil ◽  
Samantha A. Sommerness ◽  
Phillip Rauk ◽  
Rebecca Gams ◽  
Charles Hirt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Safety Initiative

The quality and safety of rendering emergency and urgent medical care in hospitals

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivanov I. V. ◽  
◽  
Shvabskii O. R. ◽  
Minulin I. B. ◽  
Shcheblykina A. A. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Quality And Safety

The influence of different types of milking units on milk quality and safety

2019 ◽  
pp. 118-125
Author(s):  
A. Vovkohon ◽  
V. Nadtochiy ◽  
G. Kalinina ◽  
O. Hrebelnyk ◽  
N. Fedoruk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Fraction ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Titratable Acidity ◽  
Petri Dish ◽  
Milk Quality ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Protein Mass ◽  
Seeding Method ◽  
Conductivity Increase

The article highlights comparative research results of milk quality indices obtained from the milking in specialized milking halls with such milking units as «Parallel», «Carousel» or in stalls with the milking unit «Molokoprovid». The fat and protein mass fraction, dry matter and fat-free dry matter, density, titratable and active acidity, heat resistance and freezing point have been determined according to the accepted techniques. The electrical conductivity of milk has been determined by using the analytical device MD-20 MAS-D-TEC. The total amount of milk bacteria has been determined by reductase reduction test and by seeding method in Petri dish. The milk quality has been investigated by the fermentation and rennet fermentation tests. The higher indices of the fat mass fraction, the protein mass fraction and the dry substance concentration of milk, obtained in specialized milking halls, have been established. This is not statistically significant. Milk, obtained from the milking unit «Molokoprovid», has higher index of titratable acidity, lower thermal stability in comparison with milk, obtained from specialized milking halls with milking units «Parallel» and «Carousel». It has been determined that there is the bacteria insemination increase in milk received from milking cows in stalls in comparison with milk, obtained from milking in specialized halls. Milk, obtained from the milking unit «Carousel», indicates the subclinical form of mastitis in cows or «Carousel» operation violationif there is in 1,8 mS/cm conductivity increase above average index 4,6 mS/cm. Key words: technology, quality and safety of milk, milking, milking unit, milking hall, bacterial insemination.

Clinical handover as an interactive event: Informational and interactional communication strategies in effective shift-change handovers

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Eggins ◽  
Diana Slade
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Health Departments ◽  
Patient Harm ◽  
Interactive Communication ◽  
Clinical Handover ◽  
Communicative Performance ◽  
Shift Change

Clinical handover – the transfer between clinicians of responsibility and accountability for patients and their care (AMA 2006) – is a pivotal and high-risk communicative event in hospital practice. Studies focusing on critical incidents, mortality, risk and patient harm in hospitals have highlighted ineffective communication – including incomplete and unstructured clinical handovers – as a major contributing factor (NSW Health 2005; ACSQHC 2010). In Australia, as internationally, Health Departments and hospital management have responded by introducing standardised handover communication protocols. This paper problematises one such protocol – the ISBAR tool – and argues that the narrow understanding of communication on which such protocols are based may seriously constrain their ability to shape effective handovers. Based on analysis of audio-recorded shift-change clinical handovers between medical staff, we argue that handover communication must be conceptualised as inherently interactive and that attempts to describe, model and teach handover practice must recognise both informational and interactive communication strategies. By comparing the communicative performance of participants in authentic handover events we identify communication strategies that are more and less likely to lead to an effective handover and demonstrate the importance of focusing close up on communication to improve the quality and safety of healthcare interactions.

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